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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Trevor surprised to learn about the girl when he asks if she had seen the Fat Boys’ video on MTV in “Peach Cobbler”?
(a) She was in the video.
(b) She hates music.
(c) She thinks MTV is silly.
(d) She does not have cable.

2. What does the writer in "Dear Sister" feel embarrassed about with regards to her mother having two children with Stetson?
(a) That the sister with whom she shares a mother is not very kind.
(b) That she is not as pretty as that sister.
(c) That she is not as intelligent as that sister.
(d) That her mother decided to be the same fool twice.

3. Why does the little girl think the man who visits her mother is God?
(a) Because her neighbor tells her he is God.
(b) Because that is what he tells her.
(c) Because that is what her mother tells her.
(d) Because that is what her mother yells when they are in the bedroom.

4. What holiday are Eula and her friend celebrating in the short story "Eula"?
(a) Valentine’s Day.
(b) New Year’s Eve.
(c) Christmas Eve.
(d) July 4th.

5. What does Caroletta tell Eula she feels God does not want people to do for decades and decades?
(a) Go to church.
(b) Live a sin free life.
(c) Be school teachers.
(d) Go untouched.

6. What does Rhonda say “Black women aren’t meant to” (75) do at the start of “Snowfall”?
(a) Get married.
(b) Live in cold climates.
(c) Shovel snow.
(d) Date.

7. Where are Trevor’s parents the first time he and Olivia make love in “Peach Cobbler”?
(a) Church.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) The movies.
(d) Visiting his sick aunt.

8. Which of the sisters in "Dear Sister" still acts as though their father was a good one?
(a) Renee.
(b) Kimba.
(c) Tasheta.
(d) Jackie.

9. Which sister in "Dear Sister" is the only one with whom the writer shares a mother?
(a) Tasheta.
(b) Kimba.
(c) Jackie.
(d) Renee.

10. What does Leelee say about the space her mother has for her in her life?
(a) It is vast.
(b) It is suffocating.
(c) It is not big enough for two.
(d) It is gone.

11. What holiday was it when Renee was disappointed her father did not attend church with them as he had promised in "Dear Sister"?
(a) Father’s Day.
(b) Easter.
(c) Christmas Day.
(d) Mother’s Day.

12. What do the woman and Not-Daniel have in common?
(a) They are both married.
(b) They have two children.
(c) Their mothers are dying.
(d) They are both college professors.

13. What does Rhonda cook for Leelee when they got home after work in “Snowfall”?
(a) Crab legs.
(b) Thai food.
(c) Banana pudding.
(d) Pizza.

14. What does the little girl’s mother do with the peach cobbler if the pastor does not show up on Monday?
(a) Gives it to her daughter.
(b) Gives it to the neighbor.
(c) Throws it away.
(d) Eats it all herself.

15. What are Eula and her friend’s occupation?
(a) Freelance writer.
(b) Social worker.
(c) School teacher.
(d) School nurse.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Peach Cobbler,” what do readers finally learn the girl’s name is when she arrives at the pastor’s house and he answers?

2. In “Peach Cobbler,” what is written on the paper the girl’s mother hands her one day after Pastor Neely had gone home?

3. What day of the week does the girl in “Peach Cobbler” begin making peach cobbler while her mother drinks?

4. What liquor is Tasheta setting up for them when the writer returns to the room after trying to find out who her other sister is in "Dear Sister"?

5. Where does the girl in “Peach Cobbler” get her first job at age 14?

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